That's according to Joe Sestak, whose campaign issued a press release within minutes of Saturday night's televised debate declaring victory over incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter. (If only winning the Democratic Party nomination on May 18 was just as easy ...)
Here is Sestak's press release:
PHILADELPHIA, PA - On Saturday, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Congressman Joe Sestak met incumbent Senator Arlen Specter for a debate at WTXF in Philadelphia, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters and moderated by Philadelphia Daily News columnist John Baer. The hour-long debate was the only formal, televised debate agreed to by Senator Specter, who has rejected more than a dozen invitations from across the state, as well as from NBC's Meet the Press.
Joe made a compelling case for why we need a new generation of leadership and laid out his plan to put Pennsylvania back to work following the failed economic policies of Arlen Specter, George W. Bush and Pat Toomey. Arlen Specter demonstrated that after 30 years in Washington supporting the failed Republican agenda, he doesn't have a record to run on and he doesn't have a plan for our future -- all he has are the kind of tired, old Washington politics that have failed Pennsylvania.
"What people want most in the Senate is no longer career politicians who will say anything to keep their job, no matter how meaningless or off-base or out of touch with what Pennsylvanians want," said Joe. "They want to know you're going to be there for our beliefs, not just before but after the election is over, and for the next six years after that. We need a new generation of leadership we can count on to put the principles we believe in over politics as usual."
Joe also demonstrated that he is the strongest Democratic candidate against Pat Toomey in the general election. Joe is already in a stronger position against Toomey in the polls, with the Republican polling over 50 percent against Specter. The 30-year incumbent represents the type of long-time Washington insider that voters are tired of. His favorability -- just 30 percent in the latest Franklin & Marshall poll -- is among the lowest in the Senate -- even lower than Dick Cheney's the day he left office (Pew, January 2009).
"Having Arlen Specter at the top of our ticket is the best get-out-the-vote tool Republicans could ever hope for. He'll be the number one GOP target in the country and could jeopardize not only the Senate seat, but our Democratic candidate for governor as well. I will beat Pat Toomey. I look forward to pitting my record serving this country in the Navy and fighting for working families in Congress against Toomey's record as a Wall Street trader and head of a DC corporate lobbying group."
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